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Liability Trademark use Warranty. License and copyright notice State changes. Commercial use Distribution Modification Private use. License and copyright notice. This element of the draft Ruling may attract a degree of controversy and is expected to have a wide impact particularly if the position expressed in the draft Ruling applies to prior years as appears to be intended.
The draft Ruling adopts a highly technical approach based on Australian copyright law. Eight examples are provided in the draft Ruling: three dealing with licences to reproduce, modify and provide simple use of software, three dealing with software distribution arrangements and two dealing with ancillary services. The key aspect of the draft Ruling relates to the circumstances where the use of a local distributor may generate payments that are considered royalties.
In this respect, the draft Ruling seeks to interpret the domestic law royalty definition and distinguish the following circumstances:. This distinction may be difficult to determine in practice and will depend upon the terms both express and implied of the licensing or distribution arrangement. However, based on the simple examples in the draft Ruling, a key distinction appears to be whether the Australian distributor is a party to the EULA.
This aspect of the draft Ruling relies heavily on the view that the EULA will necessarily involve the distributor exercising an exclusive right of the copyright owner by authorising an end-user to use the copyright in the software.
Another key distinction is whether the Australian distributor is granted a right to communicate the software to the public e. The draft Ruling provides a new and helpful explanation that the proceeds from the sale of a mobile handset which comes pre-installed with operating system software is not a royalty i.
The most noteworthy aspect of the draft Ruling relates to the treatment of foreign multinational companies involved in the distribution of software to the Australian market.
Our observations below focus on this. The consideration of whether a payment in respect of a software distribution arrangement is a royalty, and in certain cases then gives rise to royalty withholding tax, is complex and, as the draft Ruling notes at the outset, is dependent on the terms of the relevant agreements and all the facts and circumstances of the case. There are a number of matters that need to be considered carefully, both through the consultation period and once the draft Ruling is finalised.
Some of these are set out briefly below. The question of whether an amount is paid for the use of, or the right to use, copyright and therefore a royalty as defined under subsection 6 1 of the Income Tax Assessment Act must be answered by considering whether any of the rights provided under the arrangement are otherwise the exclusive rights of the copyright owner, as set out in the Copyright Act In the context of software distribution arrangements which operate through an Australian distributor, this involves consideration of the rights provided implicitly or explicitly to the distributor to perform its activities.
In our experience, this can be a challenging task particularly as business models have evolved and become more complex. The draft Ruling seems to be confined to payments relating to software. The MAAL was effective from 1 January and targets multinationals with annual global income of AUD 1 billion or more that supply goods or services to Australian customers and record the revenue from those sales overseas.
Those companies that have moved sales onshore will now need to consider whether the draft Ruling may have application. The draft Ruling acknowledges that apportionment may be required to isolate amounts that are characterised as royalties. There are a number of transfer pricing methodologies that could be used to apportion payments between royalty and non-royalty components.
However, the draft Ruling provides limited guidance on this issue, other than to suggest any apportionment should be done on a fair and reasonable basis. Trade Secret Licensing. Contact the IRS to inform yourself about which licenses you might need to operate your business legally, for laws vary depending on the state and the type of business you want to run.
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Back Managing My Business. Either party may terminate this agreement by providing written notice within 90 days of termination. Upon termination of this agreement, the Licensee shall provide the Licensor with a termination report of all sums due to the Lessor under this software distribution agreement. The Licensor will be responsible for the continuation of support for any previous or future sales of the software.
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